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Alexa Chung has been a fashion it-girl for nearly two decades, but her wit, candor, and unmistakable style have made her a true cultural icon. In this episode of 'Burning Questions,' the English model, designer, & television personality goes deep. Watch as Alexa reveals the story behind her all-time favorite look (spoiler: it’s Chanel), the fashion regret that still haunts her, and the key to perfect music festival dressing. She also reflects on her MTV talk show era, shares the musical artist she can’t get out of her head, and officially puts the East Village vs. East London debate to rest.   Check out Alexa Chung’s collection with Madewell here: https://www.madewell.com/feature/alexa-chung-collection/

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00:00Hi Harpist Bazaar, I'm Alexa Chung and today I'm answering your burning questions.

00:06Okay, what is your best look of all time? I once got to wear a Chanel couture dress that

00:11looked like a tuxedo and I loved it and I literally wanted to be buried in it and I

00:15thought of writing a letter to Karl Lagerfeld and asking for that which was a bit morbid.

00:20And now I think my best look of all time as style has moved on is something I wore to my

00:25friend's wedding quite recently. It was a super Yaya black like bustier and matching skirt.

00:30The Simone Rocher stole some Miu Miu shoes and I was desperate to have my photo taken that day

00:35but sadly the bride was getting all the attention. What is your biggest fashion regret? My biggest

00:42fashion regret is selling a lot of my clothes to the real real when I left New York City.

00:47Just today I saw on a consignment site like some amazing Chanel platform heels and I was like

00:53I used to own this. You famously hosted a talk show on MTV. What do you miss most about that era?

01:00I did host a talk show. It was called It's On With Alexa Chung. It was really fun. It was just before

01:04like Girls and Lena Dunham and an explosion of like amazing strong female characters and people

01:10on TV and I'm sad that I wasn't in the like slightly later cohort so it could have been a bit more

01:15camaraderie. I felt quite like solo and out on a limb and I would do things like a book club or we'd have

01:21like a band where like Florence came on and Beth Zitter and Phoenix and it was 2009. It was brilliant.

01:28It was really really fun. Which stylist work do you most admire? I really like Danielle Goldberg.

01:33She's incredible. I actually worked with her when I hosted a show called Next in Fashion.

01:38She did the looks for that. We just have very similar tastes and she gets it. How has your style

01:43evolved from the start of your career to now? I think that at the start of my career

01:49I wore a lot of vintage finds that I would like hack up. For instance, I remember really wanting

01:54to be dressed by Balmain and they said no. And so I bought a sequined dress and made my own version

02:01of their thing. I also am a bit more louche now. It's giving lounge lizard as opposed to like uptight

02:07schoolgirl. What do you think is the quintessential award to come look today?

02:11Vintage jeans, an avi blue jumper and a pair of loafers. And the reason I even liked it then is

02:16because I understood that actually sticking to the classics is quite a good way to not feel cringy

02:21about yourself as the time goes on. What is your opinion on the term it girl? I love it. I think

02:27it's really cool. I think it's changed meaning over time. It was like Clara Bow in the 20s and like

02:32silent film star vibe. Then it was like in my mind the 90s socialite in England which meant like

02:38kind of very wealthy person that might be in Tatlin magazine or something. And then it moved along

02:43again. And yeah, I think it's really nice. It's a way to describe someone that like typifies a moment in time.

02:49Would you consider yourself to be one?

02:51I was told that I was one in the olden days. I don't know what, I don't know, we're not,

02:57how do they age? I don't know. We'll never know. It woman.

03:00Who would you call an it girl today?

03:02It girls are Charlie XCX, Gabriette, Sophia Testino I keep seeing on Instagram. I'm like you're

03:10really cute and have a certain essence that no one else can describe. Describe the process of

03:14designing the quintessential Alexa Chung home. It's about plain walls, so white walls, a mixture of

03:20eras of furniture. So something that's antique and then a lamp from like a bit 60s looking hand-drawn

03:27artwork that looks like a child has done it. And then like everything quite plain apart from your

03:33tablecloth. When I lived in New York I bought a sort of leopard print fake fur footstool at this

03:39shop in East Village and then I shipped it home to London and I still have it. I've had it since I was

03:44like 23. East London or the East Village? It's really tough. I live in East London and I love it, but

03:51the East Village has my heart. Like I literally just made a hoodie that says New York is my lover,

03:56because I feel very romantic feelings about the East Village and I feel very at home there.

04:01That said, I have to give East London a shout out because when people come to London they often

04:07go to different areas like Notting Hill, but East London's got the best restaurants and pubs and

04:13walks and everything. What does the Alexa Chung archive look like? Gone to the real real is what it looks

04:20like. No, I still keep things. I have like plastic boxes with a lot of clothes that are meaningful to me,

04:25like the first time I was on TV or remembering a great festival. And then I had a box in my

04:30parents' house and they're moving home and my sister texted me the other day and said rummaged

04:35through your box, took this for your niece and I hope that's okay. And it was all my like old dresses

04:41that really meant a lot to me. I said, yeah, don't worry about it. And I was thinking

04:44I was thinking. So it looks ransacked. What is the key to a good music festival outfit?

04:53You have to be practical in your footwear and then you want to be fun and whimsical up top. And so

04:58everyone looks good at the festival because they're usually wearing like a little cute dress and then

05:03some weird DMs. And I think that dichotomy and the tension between masculine and feminine always works

05:08well. What do you think is the best music festival? I mean, the best music festival

05:12is Glastonbury. And if you haven't been, I'm sorry. What is one current trend you can't stand?

05:17Things that don't suit me are tracksuit bottoms, going out tops with low-waisted jeans. They look

05:25so good on Addison Rae, like honestly stunning. But for me, that ship has sailed. What is the most

05:31coveted item in your closet? A thing I love that I stare at all the time, I hang it up and look at

05:37it, is a Prada skirt that I got with a black belt. I look at it all the time. The most expensive item

05:44I own is, I borrow things then they have to go back the next day. It's like Cinderella vibes. I have

05:50nice handbags though. I have a great Louis Vuitton one I just got. Which musical artists are you

05:55currently obsessed with? Rosalia. And when I say that, I've only listened to like a clip of

06:01a song on her Instagram, but I just love her entire essence. And I think she's so magnetic.

06:07I love her style. I loved all of the looks in the video and that she was wearing all of these

06:12archive pieces and that she's bold enough to try and like mess with the formula of what we're

06:18expecting and that she's done this kind of like classical record and is hoping to bring everyone's

06:21attention to long form albums. And I think that's really smart. When was the last time you were

06:27starstruck? I saw Parker Posey in Paris. That was pretty great. Those aren't the ones that get

06:33you though. It's always the silly one where you're not expecting it. If someone from Traitors walked

06:37in right now, I'd be like, oh my God. What is one question you hope to never be asked again?

06:44What's in your bag? You don't care what's in my bag. It's a capitalist trope. Thank you so much for

06:52watching. Be sure to check out my lovely collection with Madewell, which is out now.

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